Turks in Ireland

Iberian descendants of people from Anatolia (ancient Turkey) arrived in Ireland during the Neolithic period about 6,000–7,000 years ago. These early Turkic people introduced farming to the island.{{cite web

| title = Ireland's Neolithic inhabitants traced their origins to an expansion of people out of Anatolia (modern Turkey) around 6,000-7,000 years ago.

| first = Paul

| last = Rincon

| publisher = BBC

| date = 2020-06-17

| access-date = 24 March 2025

| url = https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53059527

| quote = Ireland's Neolithic inhabitants traced their origins to an expansion of people out of Anatolia (modern Turkey) around 6,000-7,000 years ago. This migration transformed Europe's way of life from one focused on hunting to one based on agriculture. Genetically, Ireland's first farmers were most closely related to people living at broadly the same time in Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal). Over generations, the farmers traversed the Mediterranean from Anatolia to Iberia, weaving their way up the French coast before making their way to Ireland by sea.}}

According to the 2016 Irish census, there were 1,043 Turkish nationals living in Ireland.{{citation |publisher=Central Statistics Office|title=Migration and Diversity|work=Census 2016|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp7md/p7md/p7anii/|accessdate=2023-09-15}}

During a strike in 2005 against the GAMA Turkish Construction Company, socialist news websites reported that they alone employed 900{{Harvnb|Barry|2006|loc=2}}{{citation |author=sovietpop|periodical=Anarkismo|title= Turkish builders strike in Ireland|url=http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=463|date=2005-05-11|accessdate= 2009-01-31}}{{Harvnb|Dewhurst|2009|loc=2}}. to 2,000 Turkish workers.{{citation|publisher=Socialist Party|title=GAMA Scandal: Workers fight slave wages|url=http://www.socialistparty.net/pub/pages/socialist005apr05/1.htm|accessdate=2010-09-05|last=Boyd|first=Steven|date=April 2005|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613100319/http://www.socialistparty.net/pub/pages/socialist005apr05/1.htm|archivedate=13 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}

The Turkish embassy may have an investment in downplaying the number of Turks in Ireland given the negative reception of Turks in other European countries, such as German Turks, Dutch Turks, and French-Turks. Thus, the number of Turkish descendants living in Ireland in 2007 was estimated by Turkish immigrants themselves to be 2,000–3,000, according to sociologist Jonathan Lacey of Trinity College Dublin.

According to information from the Turkish Foreign Ministry in 2019, there were 4,500 Turkish citizens living in Ireland.{{Cite web|url=http://www.diken.com.tr/yurtdisinda-toplam-5-milyon-turk-var-ulke-ulke-veriler/|title = Yurt dışında toplam 5 milyon Türk var: Ülke ülke veriler|date = 6 February 2019}}

• The Irish Turkish Business Association aims to promote the development of bilateral trade between Ireland and Turkey.{{citation |publisher=Irish Turkish Business Association|title= About us |url=http://www.irelandturkey.org/home/index.php/about-us.html|accessdate= 2010-09-06}}
• The Turkish Association of Ireland aims to bring the Turkish community in Ireland together.{{citation|publisher=Turkish Association of Ireland|title= About us |url=http://www.turkishassociationireland.org/index.php?q=node/3|accessdate= 2010-09-06}}
• The Turkish Irish Educational and Cultural Society (TIECS) aims to strengthen and advance the ties between the Turkish and Irish community.{{citation|publisher=Turkish Irish Educational and Cultural Society|title=About us|url=http://www.tiecs.ie/aboutus.html|accessdate=2009-01-31|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010034950/http://tiecs.ie/aboutus.html|archivedate=10 October 2010|df=dmy-all}}
• Democratic Türkiye Community in Ireland is a group which began protesting against political events in Turkey in March 2025.{{cite web

| title = Ireland's Turkish community protest İmamoğlu arrest

| first = Gavin

| last = O'Callaghan

| date = 2025-03-23

| website = RTÉ News

| url = https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2025/0323/1503583-irelands-turkish-community-protest-imamolu-arrest/

}}

• Ahmet Dede, celebrity chef (Turkish origin){{citation|last=McGuinness|first=Katy|year=2021|title=Ahmet Dede bags his second Michelin star with less formal dining by the sea|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/food-news/ahmet-dede-bags-his-second-michelin-star-with-less-formal-dining-by-the-sea-40010934.html|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=6 March 2021}}
• Abs Breen, singer (Turkish father){{citation|author=Last FM|title=Abs Breen|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Abs+Breen|accessdate=2011-03-18}}
• Billy Mehmet, football player (Turkish Cypriot father){{cite web |author=Herald Scotland|title=Genclerbirligi sign St Mirren's Billy Mehmet and hope Hearts' Michael Stewart will follow|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/st-mirren/genclerbirligi-sign-st-mirren-s-billy-mehmet-and-hope-hearts-michael-stewart-will-follow-1.1026783|accessdate=2010-08-27}}
• Joseph O'Neill, author (Turkish mother){{citation|last=Conroy|first=Catherine|year=2018|title=Joseph O'Neill on the culture wars: 'Everyone wants to be the accuser'|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/joseph-o-neill-on-the-culture-wars-everyone-wants-to-be-the-accuser-1.3524161|publisher=Irish Times|accessdate=6 March 2021}}{{cite news |author=The Economist|title=Family memoir The Q&A: Joseph O'Neill|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2010/10/family_memoir|accessdate=2011-03-18|date=2010-10-27}}
• Ayla Peksoylu, singer (Turkish Cypriot father){{cite web|author=Kibris Gazetesi|title=Sesimizi dünyaya duyuran genç bir yetenek: ANGEL-I|url=http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/popup.php/cat/21/news/73377/PageName/Yeni_Ekran|accessdate=2011-03-18|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721144046/http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/popup.php/cat/21/news/73377/PageName/Yeni_Ekran|archivedate=21 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}

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• {{citation |last=Barry|first=Mick|year=2006|title=We are workers not slaves: the story of the GAMA struggle|publication-place=Dublin|publisher=Socialist Party of Ireland|oclc=71284523}}
• {{citation |last=Dewhurst|first=Elaine|url=http://www.ucclawsociety.com/colr/editions/2009/Elaine%20Dewhurst.pdf|title=Access to justice and the impact of delay on migrant workers in Ireland|journal=Cork Online Law Review|volume=8|year=2009|publisher=University College Cork Law Society|accessdate=2010-09-06}}
• {{citation|last=Lacey|first=Jonathan|year=2007|url=http://www.translocations.ie/volume1issue2-8.pdf|title=Exploring the Transnational Engagements of a Turkic Religio-Cultural Community in Ireland|journal=Translocations: The Irish Migration, Race and Social Transformation Review|volume=1|issue=2|accessdate=2010-09-06|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721140752/http://www.translocations.ie/volume1issue2-8.pdf|archivedate=21 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}

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• {{citation |first=Jonathan |last=Lacey |title=The Gülen Movement in Ireland: Civil Society Engagements of a Turkish Religio-cultural Movement |journal=Turkish Studies |year=2009 |volume=10 |issue = 2 |pages=295–315 |doi=10.1080/14683840902864051|s2cid=143202391 }}

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• [http://turkey.ie/gpage.html4.html Turkish embassy in Ireland]
• [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article7009643.ece Turkish farmers ‘fathered the Irish’]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• [http://www.gazozkapagi.net/capsinenglish8594/turkishhelptoirish.html Turkish help to Irish]
• [http://www.barbaros.biz/Irlanda_Osmanli.htm Turkish Help to Irish in the Great Hunger]

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